TY - GEN
T1 - The fermi pasta ulam (FPU) problem
T2 - International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" on Complex Materials in Physics and Biology
AU - Campbell, D. K.
AU - Meroz, Y.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The central theme of this lecture provides an interesting lesson in scientific discovery -how a "little discovery" led to an entire new field and a series of novel approaches to a range of phenomena in the natural world. In a sense that hopefully will be clear in the end, it is about "sensitivity to initial conditions," which is singularly appropriate for a subject that involves "chaos". An attempt has been made to follow the guidance of a master, the mathematician Mark Kac, who said that in lecturing it is important to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, but not the whole truth.
AB - The central theme of this lecture provides an interesting lesson in scientific discovery -how a "little discovery" led to an entire new field and a series of novel approaches to a range of phenomena in the natural world. In a sense that hopefully will be clear in the end, it is about "sensitivity to initial conditions," which is singularly appropriate for a subject that involves "chaos". An attempt has been made to follow the guidance of a master, the mathematician Mark Kac, who said that in lecturing it is important to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, but not the whole truth.
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U2 - 10.3254/978-1-61499-071-0-297
DO - 10.3254/978-1-61499-071-0-297
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AN - SCOPUS:84884878760
SN - 9781614990703
T3 - Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
SP - 297
EP - 310
BT - Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
Y2 - 29 June 2010 through 9 July 2010
ER -